Anime like NO.6

BANANA FISH

Also known as BANANA FISH.

Studio: MAPPA , Aniplex , Dentsu , Shogakukan , Movic , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Thriller

Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands—and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance...



Tags: Gangs , Mafia , Tragedy , Crime , Conspiracy , Drugs , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Urban , Revenge , Guns , LGBTQ+ Themes , Criminal Organization , Foreign , Shoujo , Noir , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Primarily Adult Cast , Coming of Age , Rescue , Assassins , Orphan , Classic Literature , Prison , Ensemble Cast , Photography , Tanned Skin , Boys' Love

Karneval (TV)

Also known as Karneval (TV).

Studio: Bandai Visual , Manglobe , Funimation , DAX Production , Ichijinsha , Lantis , Frontier Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Mystery , Sci-Fi

Armed with only an abandoned bracelet as a clue, Nai searches for a missing loved one. After a run-in with a pick-pocket named Gareki, the two find themselves snagged in a government set-up that leaves them both wanted criminals. Desperate and on the run, Nai and Gareki turn to the country’s most powerful defense organization—“Circus”—for help.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Josei , Primarily Male Cast , Amnesia , Kemonomimi , Circus , Magic , Guns , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things

Umibe no Étranger

Also known as The Stranger by the Shore.

Studio: Studio Hibari , BLUE LYNX
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

After coming out to his parents, aspiring novelist Shun Hashimoto has no one to turn to, until the day he meets high schooler Mio Chibana on the beach. The two instantly click—just before Mio has to leave for the mainland. Now three years later, Mio returns with a confession. But after all this time, will Shun feel the same?



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Male Cast , Cohabitation , Primarily Adult Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Age Gap , Time Skip , Bisexual , Coastal , Bullying , Writing , Love Triangle , Iyashikei , Work , Yuri

86: Eighty Six

Also known as 86 EIGHTY-SIX.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Aniplex , KADOKAWA , BANDAI SPIRITS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Called “Juggernaut,” these are the unmanned combat drones developed by the Republic of San Magnolia in answer to the attacks by the autonomous unmanned drones of the neighboring Empire of Giad, the “Legion”. But they’re only unmanned in name. In reality, they are piloted by the Eighty-sixers—those considered to be less than human and treated as mere tools.

Determined to achieve his own mysterious ends, Shin, the captain of Spearhead Squadron, which is comprised of Eighty-sixers, continues to fight a hopeless war on a battlefield where only death awaits him.



Tags: Class Struggle , War , Military , Tragedy , Dystopian , Survival , Ensemble Cast , Seinen , Politics , Post-Apocalyptic , Female Protagonist , Proxy Battle , Philosophy , Robots , Guns , Male Protagonist , Real Robot , Conspiracy , Primarily Teen Cast , Memory Manipulation , Artificial Intelligence , Achronological Order , CGI , Necromancy , Unrequited Love , Gore , Lost Civilization , Suicide , Travel , Kuudere , Super Power , POV , Body Horror , Nudity

Yuuri!!! on ICE

Also known as Yuri!!! on ICE.

Studio: MAPPA , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Yuri Katsuki makes his way to the Grand Prix ice skating competition as Japan’s top representative with his eyes on the prize. However, instead of celebrating, Yuri walks away defeated and ready to retire for good. But a run-in with champion Viktor Nikiforov and rising star Yuri Plisetsky ignites a new fire within him. With the two of them close by his side, Yuri will take to the ice once more.



Tags: Ice Skating , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love , Foreign , Bisexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Rotoscoping , Coming of Age , Ballet , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Tsundere , Asexual , CGI , Tanned Skin

Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu

Also known as The Summer Hikaru Died.

Studio: KADOKAWA , CygamesPictures , Netflix , CyberAgent , CygamesPictures , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Two best friends living in a rural Japanese village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. Growing up together, they were inseparable… until the day Hikaru came back from the mountains, and was no longer himself. “Something” has taken over Hikaru’s body, memories, feelings… and everything they know begins to unravel.



Tags: Monster Boy , Rural , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Cosmic Horror , Urban Fantasy , Mythology , Body Horror , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Teen Cast , Curses , Unrequited Love , Philosophy , Seinen , Boys' Love , Gods , Mixed Media , Detective , Denpa , School , POV , Asexual , Aromantic , CGI , Mountaineering , Disability

Owari no Seraph

Also known as Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Shueisha , 10GAUGE , Rakuonsha , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

The story takes place in a world where an unknown virus has killed the entire human population except for children under 13. Those children were then enslaved by vampires. The manga centers on Yuichiro Hyakuya, a human who dreams of becoming strong enough to kill all vampires.



Tags: Vampire , Post-Apocalyptic , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Military , Time Skip , War , Demons , Revenge , Swordplay , Lost Civilization , Primarily Teen Cast , Pandemic , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Tsundere , Rotoscoping , School , Heterosexual , Gore , Boys' Love , Primarily Adult Cast

Zankyou no Terror

Also known as Terror in Resonance.

Studio: MAPPA , Aniplex , Fuji TV , Dentsu , KYORAKU
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

Painted in red, the word "VON" is all that is left behind after a terrorist attack on a nuclear facility in Japan. The government is shattered by their inability to act, and the police are left frantically searching for ways to crack down the perpetrators. The public are clueless—until, six months later, a strange video makes its way onto the internet. In it, two teenage boys who identify themselves only as "Sphinx" directly challenge the police, threatening to cause destruction and mayhem across Tokyo. Unable to stop the mass panic quickly spreading through the city and desperate for any leads in their investigation, the police struggle to act effectively against these terrorists, with Detective Kenjirou Shibazaki caught in the middle of it all.

Zankyou no Terror tells the story of Nine and Twelve, the two boys behind the masked figures of Sphinx. They should not exist, yet they stand strong in a world of deception and secrets while they make the city fall around them, all in the hopes of burying their own tragic truth.



Tags: Terrorism , Anti-Hero , Detective , Tragedy , Crime , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Orphan , Urban , Police , Politics , Primarily Male Cast , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Mythology , Philosophy , Motorcycles , Suicide , Software Development , Guns , Time Skip , Shogi

Tengoku Daimakyou

Also known as Tengoku Daimakyo.

Studio: Production I.G , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Avex Pictures , Kodansha , NetEase Games , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mystery , Sci-Fi , Thriller

In the year 2024, the world has collapsed. Grotesque monsters lurk amongst the ruins of Japan, while remaining people scrape together what they can to survive. Kiruko, an odd-job girl in Nakano, accepts a mysterious woman's dying wish to take a boy named Maru to a place called Heaven.



Tags: Dystopian , Post-Apocalyptic , Survival , Achronological Order , Seinen , Travel , Tragedy , Body Swapping , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Gender Bending , Orphan , Super Power , Gore , Denpa , Unrequited Love , Demons , Body Horror , Artificial Intelligence , Pregnancy , Coming of Age , Guns , Nudity , Suicide , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cyberpunk , Transgender , Kuudere

Vampire in the Garden

Also known as Vampire in the Garden.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Netflix , Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Music , Sci-Fi

One cold winter, humanity lost its battle with the vampires, and with it, most of where they called home. A small population of survivors created a wall of light in a small town to protect them and give them a place to live in peace. Our protagonist, Momo, lives a repressed life but still wishes to coexist with the enemy, the vampires. Fine, the vampire queen, once loved humans and disappeared from the battlefield. As war rages through the humans’ town, the two have a fateful encounter. Once upon a time, humans and vampires lived in harmony in a place called Paradise. This is the story of a young girl and a vampire on a journey to find Paradise.



Tags: Vampire , War , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Travel , Dystopian , Military , Primarily Female Cast , Snowscape , Post-Apocalyptic , Foreign , Survival , Guns , Gore , Fugitive , LGBTQ+ Themes , Urban Fantasy , CGI , Swordplay